UMDNJ Master Educators' Guild/IAIMS Symposium: 

TECHNOLOGY MAY BE THE ANSWER, BUT WHAT IS THE QUESTION?

Purposes of Technology In Higher Education
May 3, 2002

MORNING PROGRAM - live at UMDNJ Piscataway campus, via VTEL in Newark (MSB B609 B&C) and Stratford (AC 277)
8:30-9 AM Registration, coffee
9-9:30 AM Introductory Remarks - East Lecture Hall, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  • Stuart Cook, MD - welcome and presentation of the Master Educators' Guild
  • Robert Saporito, DDS - welcome, Symposium introduction, and meeting co-sponsorship by IAIMS
  • Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MS - schedule for day, Dr. Friedman introduction
9:30-10:30 AM Charles P. Friedman, PhD, Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, 
University of Pittsburgh 
"Information Technology in Health Professions Education: What Are the Right Things to Do?"
10:45-11:45AM James B. McGee, MD, Director, Laboratory of Educational Technology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine; formerly, Clinical Educator for Multimedia Technology, Harvard Medical School
"Technology, Objectives and the Learning Environment"
LUNCH - Piscataway campus only
12-1:30 PM Luncheon roundtable discussions - Great Hall, RWJMS (For selection, see topic list at end of program)
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS - Piscataway campus only

Faculty Development

1:30-2 PM Craig Scanlan, EdD, RRT,
"Master Educators' Guild - Online Center for Teaching Excellence"
2:15-2:45 PM Kerry A. O'Rourke, MLS, and  Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, MLIS
"Electronic Resources at Your Fingertips: Seamless Linking to 
Scholarly Information"
Clinical Education
1:30-2 PM John L. Nosher, MD
"Web-based Medical Education Programs in Pathology and Radiology Based on Dynamic Quiz Banks and Video Streamed Technology"
2:15-2:45 PM Denise I. Campagnolo, MD, MS
"Enhancing Resident Physician Training with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA's)"
Research Education
1:30-2 PM Bruce C. Byrne, PhD
"Representing Complex Data Structures Visually"
2:15-2:45 PM William Welsh, PhD
"Computer-aided Molecular Modeling for Drug Discovery: A Paradigm for both Research and Graduate Education"
Laboratory & Pharmacology
1:30-2 PM Nancy Connell, PhD, and Alexander Izaguirre, PhD
"DVD Technology Applications to Laboratory Teaching"
2:15-2:45 PM Ellyn E. Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCN
"Interactive Computer Based Instruction:  Cancer Chemotherapy"
Instructional Technology Applications
1:30-2 PM Ann Lippel, MA and Gail Tuzman, EdD
"Rating the Influence of Specific Instructional Technologies on the Learning Process"
2:15-2:45 PM Linda Boyd, DO
"Developing an Educational CD-ROM on Breast Cancer Using a Multidisciplinary Team"
ROUNDTABLE FEEDBACK
3:00-3:30 PM Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MS
Presentation of key concepts identified in luncheon roundtable discussions
LUNCHEON ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS moderated by Master Educators' Guild members:
A. How do we educate our faculty regarding medical/health informatics so they may teach this information to our students?
B. How do we assess the computer literacy of incoming students?
C. How do we integrate the use of technology in the curriculum?
D. How does technology help or hinder the learning experience?
E. What technologies are available at UMDNJ and how can they be efficiently used in education?
F. How do we identify educational offerings appropriate for online delivery?
G. How do we instill in our students awareness of the need to become "life-long learners," and how can we demonstrate the importance of technology in making that a manageable reality?
H.  How do we increase our student's knowledge of, and abilities to use, technology as part of their educational process?
I.  How can we locate quality health sciences educational images and resources on the Web, for use in education?
J.  How can videoconferencing be used effectively as an educational tool?
K.  Table with Dr. Friedman: "Information Technology in Health Professions Education: What Are the Right Things to Do?"
L. Table with Dr. James B. McGee: "Technology, Objectives and the Learning Environment"
SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS

Linda Boyd, DO, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, MLIS, Associate Director, UMDNJ-George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences, Newark
Bruce C. Byrne, PhD, Assistant Director, Academic Computing Services, Dept. of Information Services and Technology, UMDNJ
Denise I. Campagnolo, MD, MS, Associate Professor and Residency Training Co-Director, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School; Clinical Director, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program, UMDNJ-University Hospital
Nancy Connell, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School; Director, UMDNJ Center for BioDefense
Stuart Cook, MD, President, UMDNJ
Charles P. Friedman, PhD, Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
Alexander Izaguirre, PhD, Director of Scientific Computing, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-NJMS
Ann Lippel, MA, Assistant Director, Digital Media Services/Instructional Design, Academic Computing Services, Dept. of Information Services and Technology, UMDNJ
James B. McGee, MD, Director, Laboratory of Educational Technology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine; formerly, Clinical Educator for Multimedia Technology, Harvard Medical School
Ellyn E. Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCN, Oncology Education Specialist, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
John L. Nosher, MD, Chairman, Dept. of Radiology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Kerry A. O'Rourke, MLS, Campus Library Director, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Library of the Health Sciences, New Brunswick
Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MS, Secretary, Master Educators' Guild; Associate Professor, Dept. of Oral Pathology, Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School
Robert Saporito, DDS, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, UMDNJ; Principal Investigator, IAIMS Operational Phase Project
Craig Scanlan, EdD, RRT, Professor and Program Director, MS and PhD in Health Sciences, UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions
Gail Tuzman, EdD, Manager of Instructional Technology, Digital Media Services, Academic Computing Services, Dept. of Information Services and Technology, UMDNJ
William Welsh, PhD, Director, Informatics Institute; Co-Principal Investigator, IAIMS Operational Phase Project; Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

ACCREDITATION

This educational activity is sponsored by the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education (UMDNJ-CCOE). The UDNJ-CCOE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UMDNJ-CCOE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.  UMDNJ-CCOE certifies that this continuing education activity meets the criteria for 0.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU's), as defined by the Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit, provided the activity is completed as designed. One CEU is awarded for 10 contact hours of instruction.

Course Cancellation Note: UMDNJ reserves the right to modify the activity content, faculty and activities, and reserves the right to cancel this activity, if necessary.

REGISTRATION FORM for UMDNJ Master Educators' Guild/IAIMS Symposium, May 3, 2002
Course Code: 02MN25